Texas Man Kills 2 Year Old

Harris County man accused of beating girlfriend's 2-year-old son to death

by khou.com staff

khou.com

Posted on July 28, 2011 at 5:37 PM

HUMBLE, Texas â€“ A 26-year-old man is facing murder charges in the death of his girlfriendâ€™s 2-year-old boy.

Felony murder charges were filed against Charles Edward West on July 25, 2011.

According to investigators, an Humble police officer was called to Northeast Hospital in December 14, 2010, to investigate the death of a child.

When he arrived, the officer interviewed the boyâ€™s mother, who said she lived with the baby and her boyfriend, Charles West, at their apartment.

The mother said she met West in August 2010 on a chat line and moved in with him a short time after meeting him in person.

She brought her son, Joshua Williams, with her.

On December 14, the mother said West had come home from work to check on her and Joshua.

She said she was washing dishes, and the baby was in a back bedroom.

The mother told the officer that West had gone back into the bedroom, and a short while later, heâ€™d come out with a scared look on his face, saying he hit Joshua too hard in the chest.

The mother said West told her the child was acting "funny," but he didnâ€™t want her to tell anyone, because he didnâ€™t want to go to jail.

The mother said when she rushed to the bedroom, she found Joshua lying in a chair "all weak."

She said she picked him up, but he didnâ€™t respond, so she put him in the tub and ran water over him in a bid to revive him.

When that didnâ€™t work, she said she brought him into the kitchen and tried to perform CPR.

At that point, the mother said West called his mom, who advised them to call 911.

Paramedics arrived and took the boy to the hospital, but he did not survive.

According to court documents, the mother told police that West had hit Joshua in the chest before, either out of anger or when they were playing.

She said sheâ€™d seen West hit the boy with a belt in the past, and on more than one occasion when sheâ€™d left the boy with West to go shopping, she said she returned home to find Joshua with bleeding wounds.

One time, she said she found blood on the carpet. She said West told her heâ€™d "whooped" Joshua too hard.

An autopsy conducted on Joshuaâ€™s body found that he had 29 contusions on his torso and 27 rib fractures at the time of his death.

The fractures appeared to be fresh.

The autopsy also found a laceration to the boyâ€™s liver, which had caused internal bleeding, and other areas of blunt force trauma to the head and body.

The autopsy determined the manner of death to be homicide, and the cause of death was multiple incidents of blunt force trauma.

Disgusting. How could that bitch let that bastard hit her child? Meet a fucking guy off the web and move in with him THAT fucking fast? That whore should be put away too. I'll be damned some motherfucker lands a hand on my kids..

What a fucking bitch the mothers a stupid cunt too there were obvious signs the kid was being abused. She was probably one of those stupid retards who knew their kid was being beaten but didnt leave the guy because she was "in love".